WWE Hall of Famer hooking up with the people behind "The Matrix" for a new sci-fi flick

WWE Hall of Famer Jesse Ventura told Howard Stern earlier this week that he filmed scenes with for a secret sci-fi film directed by The Wachowskis, who made The Matrix.

They brought me [in], and they brought Arianna Huffington in after me," Ventura said. Arianna was there, and they had her looking like Cleopatra ... Do you remember what John Travolta looked like in that horrible film Battlefield Earth? They put multicolored dreadlocks on me all the way to here.

"They gave me this crazy beard that was hanging down pointed, looked like Travolta, right? And they put a third eye in the middle of my forehead. Because what this is, is this is a hundred years in the future, and they wanted me to talk about the current war in Iraq and how I felt about it. And so I got to vent, looking like this maniac in this whole outfit." To read more on the story, visit Cinematical.com.com.

Powell's POV: The first Matrix film was phenomenal. It's been a while since I've watched the sequels, but they lost me when main character Neo toyed with what appeared to be thousands of Agent Smiths after struggling to survive the attack of just one in the first movie. Sure, it looked kind of cool, but it wasn't like I was on the edge of my seat worrying that Agent Smith No. 8,094 was going to catch Neo with a lucky punch and win the battle. Oh, and the story of the sequels sucked. We now return you to your regularly scheduled pro wrestling analysis.